Rapid economic growth and strong demand among overseas investors for Chinese shares are sending the wealth of China's most successful entrepreneurs sharply higher, according to our latest survey of the country's richest people.

Wong Kwong Yu, the 37-year-old entrepreneur behind electrical appliance giant Gome Appliances, led this year's list with a net worth of $2.3 billion, making him one of 15 billionaires on our annual listing of China's 400 richest.

The combined net worth of the 400 soared 51% to $38 billion from $26 billion a year ago. The minimum wealth needed to make the list this year was $100 million, compared with $62 million in 2005. More...

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